INDEX 



Icarian Sea, meaning of name of, 

 VII. 459. 



Ice, II. 339, 342 ; Stephen Borough's 

 ship icebound (1556) 335; in June 

 (1557) 367; dangers to Arthur Pet 

 (1580) III. 284, 286, 290, 293, 295; 

 on the river Ob, 456; Iceland 

 named from, iv. 13, 102; miracu- 

 lous properties of, 32, 127; 

 dangers of, to ships in northern 

 regions, iii. 242, 243, vii. 

 193, 218, 233; Captain Mar- 

 tin Frobisher prevented from 

 landing by (1576) 207; straits 

 closed by (1577) 215; islands of, 

 made of fresh water, near Fris- 

 land (1577) 289; causes of the sea 

 turning to, 328; Frobisher's fleet 

 surrounded by (1578) 330; roaring 

 of the, 383 ; dangers of, to John 

 Davys (1586) 402, 419. 



Iceland, King Arthur's expedition 

 to, I. 3 f. ; trade to Blakeney, i. 

 304; stock-fish, a product of, 11. 

 136; brief commentary on, by 

 Arngrimus Jonas, iv. 1-88, 89-194; 

 description of, 10, 12, 98, 100; dis- 

 covery of, 13, loi ; first inhabited 

 in (718) 13, 102; navigation to 

 and from in, 14, 103 ; population 

 of, 15, 104; census in (1090) 15, 

 104; volcanoes in, 16, 106; earth- 

 quake in (1581) 17, 107; chronicles 

 of, 19, 51, 109, 149; fables con- 

 cerning, 21, 112 f. ; fountains in, 

 33-40, 128-136; brimstone in, 39, 

 135; horses and fish, 40, 136; 

 whales, 41, 137; map of, 43, 139; 

 walking stone in, 44, 140; wild 

 animals and birds, 44, 141 ; con- 

 version of, to Christianity, 47, 

 144; religious faith in, 49-51, 146- 

 148; first inhabitants of (874) 52, 

 150; Fredericus, first Christian 

 preacher (981) 52, 150 f. ; priests' 

 marriages in (1544) 58, 157; first 

 printing house in (1568) 59, 158; 

 houses in, 61, 160; accommodation 

 for cattle in, 63, 163 ; food, 64, 

 164; dress, 65, 165; merchants 

 in, 67, 168; first inhabitants of, 

 68, 169 ; manners in, 69, 70, 80, 

 170, 171, 184; Manhelge, book of 

 laws, 72, 174; dogs, 74, 177; ex- 



cesses caused by famine in, 73, 

 175; influence of bishops in, 75, 

 178; fish trade in, 76, 178; trade 

 of, with England and Holland, 

 86, 191; chronicles of, 196; 

 Sebastian Cabot sailing towards 

 (1497) VII. 153; supposed by 

 Virgil to be the extremest point 

 north, 193 ; strong sea currents 

 i^' 337; ^he Sunshine at (1586) 

 407; Henry Morgan sent to, by 

 John Davys (1586) 409; descrip- 

 tion and products of, 409; fishing 

 in, 410; discovered by Nicholas 

 and Antonio Zeno (1380) 445; 

 friars from, to Greenland (c. 1380) 

 453 ; description by Antonio Zeno, 

 463 ; discovered formerly by Fris- 

 land fishermen, 464; Act against 

 exaction for traffic in, Edward VI. 

 (1548) VIII. 7 f. 



Icelanders called Thulenses, iv. 53, 

 151; respect for their forefathers, 

 IV, 76, 179. 



Ichkebre, carawool or gunner's 

 watch at, thirty versts from Astra- 

 khan, III. 21. 



Ichthiophagi, fish eaters in Africa, 

 VI. 170. 



Ickary, see Caviare. 



Icomana, town of the laos, x. 490. 



Iconium, alias Agogna, in Licaonia, 

 IV. 293 ; battle of, by Roger Hove- 

 den, 312, 319. 



Iconocami, governor of half the 

 kingdom of Bugen, xi. 425 ; 

 soldiers of, 426, 



Iconuri Mountain, mine of gold in, 



X. 416. 



Icosa or Dicosa, king and river 



named, in Florida, ix. 112. 

 Idleness forbidden in Japan (1594) 



XI. 440. 



Idol of Virginia (1584) viii. 305; 

 golden, sent to the King of Spain 

 by the Indians (1593) x, 439. 



Idolaters, i. 285 ; priests of, 287 f. ; 

 temples and rites of, 287 f. ; in 

 Ormuz, IV. 412. 



Idols, in Russia, 11. 269; of the 

 Samoyedes, 338 ; Tartar, iii. 395 ; 

 in Mobar, description, iv. 414; in 

 India, 423; food of, 424; in Tibet, 

 436; Tartar, and the Franciscan 



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